Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Not to be confused with Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency).
| Fethard | |
|---|---|
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1613 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Fethard was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | James Porter | Nicholas Stafford | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt | Dudley Loftus | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Nicholas Loftus | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Palliser | |||||
| 1710 | Nicholas Loftus | |||||
| 1713 | Hugh Morgan | |||||
| 1715 | Henry Ponsonby | |||||
| 1727 | James Stopford | George Houghton | ||||
| 1733 | Philip Doyne | |||||
| 1755 | Charles Tottenham | |||||
| 1759 | Nicholas Hume-Loftus [note 1] | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus | |||||
| 1764 | William Alcock | |||||
| 1767 | John Tottenham | |||||
| 1768 | Arthur Loftus | |||||
| 1776 | Charles Tottenham [note 2] | Robert Hellen | ||||
| 1779 | Ponsonby Tottenham | |||||
| 1783 | Ephraim Carroll | |||||
| 1790 | Charles Tottenham | Thomas Loftus | ||||
| January 1793 | Henry Hatton | |||||
| 1793 | Luke Fox | |||||
| 1796 | William Loftus | |||||
| 1798 | Henry Alcock | Charles Eustace | ||||
| 1799 | George Harrison Reade | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
- ↑ Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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